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Is there any example for Options trading in c# that uses OptionChainProvider.GetOptionContractList ?
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Nik
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Michael Manus
you know the github project. There I found this
Nik milev
Thank you Michael and Gustavo!
Michael Manus
hehe :)
Artemiusgreat
Here is an example of selling Short Strangle (Call + Put) for premium. Options are monthly, Unfortunately, LEAN doesn't allow to get weekly and daily options.
There is also an implementation fir SetFilter, but OptionChainProvider seems more reliable.
Jared Broad
All the data is there =)
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Artemiusgreat
Weekly options in a Chain Provider would be a significant step forward. In the meantime, here are some other examples for C#. All examples are for MSFT and strike prices are pretty random, so strategies can definitely be optimized.
1. Long Strangle
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/long-strangle.aspx
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2. Long Straddle
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/long-straddle.aspx
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3. Short Strangle
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/short-strangle.aspx
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4. Short Straddle
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/short-straddle.aspx
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5. Bear Call Spread
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/bear-call-spread.aspx
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6. Bull Put Spread
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/bull-put-spread.aspx
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7. Long Condor
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/reverse-iron-condor.aspx
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8. Short Condor
http://www.theoptionsguide.com/iron-condor.aspx
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Some strategies are harder to implement, because I can't see how to compare Bid / Ask prices of options in a chain. For example, Risk Reversal - I found some Put option that I'd like to sell, so now I need to find Call option that costs less that my Put option. Something like this.Now we found Put option whose strike price is from -$0 to -$3 below underlying price
var atmPuts = from c in contracts where c.ID.OptionRight == OptionRight.Put where price - c.ID.StrikePrice < 3 && price - c.ID.StrikePrice >= 0 where (c.ID.Date - Time).TotalDays < 35 && (c.ID.Date - Time).TotalDays > 0 select c; var contractAtmPut = atmPuts .OrderBy(o => o.ID.Date) .ThenByDescending(o => price - o.ID.StrikePrice) .FirstOrDefault();Now we have Put option that we want to sell and get its Premium. Let's assume Bid price of this option is 5.25, so we can get $525 by selling it. I'm neutral to bullish, and to increase probability of my trade I need to find Call option that can increase my profit but cost of that Call shouldn't exceed cost of the premium from my Put option, because I need this premium to compensate commission and possible market move against me, so I want to find Call option whose Ask price is not more than 4.25
var otmCalls =    from c in contracts   where c.ID.OptionRight == OptionRight.Call   where contractAtmPut.BidPrice - c.AskPrice <= 1.0 // difference should be more than $100   where (c.ID.Date - Time).TotalDays < 35 && (c.ID.Date - Time).TotalDays > 0   select c;Question: how to get these Ask / Bid prices?
Michael Manus
nice stuff
Nikolay Chikhachev
The correct approach to building spreads is based on Deltas rather than prices.
Alexandre Catarino
Thank you artemiusgreat for the strategies in C#.
Jing Wu has made a tutorial series on options with examples in python.
Unfortunately, we cannot build spread based on deltas when we use OptionChainProvider at the moment.
Erik Balun
You can get spreads after using OptionChainProvider with a history call of the contracts in question.
When calling the History function with option contracts it returns a dataframe with Quotebars including ask and bid prices.
contractList = self.OptionChainProvider.GetOptionContractList(symbol, self.Time)
   Â
    # filter and sort contracts then grab best contract        Â
    contracts = [i for i in contractList if i.ID.OptionRight is OptionRight.Call and
                        i.ID.StrikePrice < (1 + self.OTM) * self.priceData[0] and
                        self.DTE - self.DTErange < (i.ID.Date - self.Time).days < self.DTE + self.DTErange]
   Â
    history = self.History(contracts, 1, Resolution.Minute)
    history['spread'] = history.askclose- history.bidclose
    for contract in contracts:
      contract.spread = history.loc(contract)['spread']
   Â
    if len(contracts) > 0:
      contract = sorted(contracts,key=lambda x: (x.spread, x.ID.StrikePrice, -(x.ID.Date - self.Time).days))[0]
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Nik milev
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